Tanzania confirms its first-ever cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral haemorrhagic fever with symptoms broadly similar to those of Ebola, the World Health Organisation says.
abc.net.au/news/tanzania-detects-its-first-ever-cases-of-the-marburg-disease/102131528Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral haemorrhagic fever with symptoms broadly similar to those of Ebola, the World Health Organization said.
The WHO said in statement that the confirmation of the disease by Tanzania's national public laboratory followed the death of five of eight people in Tanzania's north-west Kagera region who developed symptoms, which include fever, vomiting, bleeding and renal failure.The three who survived were getting treatment, with 161 contacts being monitored.
"The efforts by Tanzania's health authorities to establish the cause of the disease is a clear indication of the determination to effectively respond to the outbreak," said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa. "We are working with the government to rapidly scale-up control measures to halt the spread of the virus."
Dr Ahmed Ogwell, director of the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said they would act swiftly to help Tanzania.
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